Carlton is the voice of the Dakar and has been for ages - wouldn't be the same without him.

I managed to catch the 10pm rally stage 1 last night...hoped for a repeat this morning but some live skiing was on instead. Will have to make a note of Phil's post as to what screenings are on at 0730 ( I find this a useful time to watch TV whilst enjoying breakfast).

i think the 3 times thing is pretty fake , i dont see a need for it, was to "spread the competitors" out according to calton, but that doesnt mean much really as they start the competitors 30sec - 2mins apart anyways on the road, and that just leaves the leaderboard being more compressed which is no big deal?

i think the 3 times thing is pretty fake , i dont see a need for it, was to "spread the competitors" out according to calton, but that doesnt mean much really as they start the competitors 30sec - 2mins apart anyways on the road, and that just leaves the leaderboard being more compressed which is no big deal?

or you could just have a 39km stage instead.

the buggies where quicker than i thought they would be

I agree that the time multiplier is non sporting. They should have had a proper stage. I think the real test of the buggies will be when they start to run full stages day after day.

oh i think the us vs them thing (notice the french flag on them) relates to the curious things that happened last year, with the aso, and peterhansel, also depress on the bikes being unsporting and getting away with it too, a lil bit.

Each vehicle has two GPS systems, precisely for this situations. After detailed overbnight review of the equipment, organizers say that Sainz second GPS was working fine and could have being used to find the Waypoint, but was apparently being used for "other purposes" (???), so they revert their initial decision and reinstate the 20+ minutes he lost finding the waypoint

...what other puposes you can use a GPS for? making coffee in the desert?

Eurosport delayed again. The same top 10 fill in as last night.
There was supposed to be a live show earlier on Eurosport2 - which also wasn't shown when advertised...don't know if it was on later, I gave up with it.
Seems like it's starting now.

Chicherit was one of only 5 competitors to complete the stage before the neutralization, and his winning time - he was 12 minutes 15 fastest than Peterhansel - has been reflected in the adjusted times.

David Casteu of France on a 450 YZF Rally Yamaha now leads the Bikes, Marcos Patronelli and Gerard De Rooy the Quads and Trucks respectively.http://irallylive.co...ws.htm?00002747could have been worse.

Eurosport delayed again. The same top 10 fill in as last night.There was supposed to be a live show earlier on Eurosport2 - which also wasn't shown when advertised...don't know if it was on later, I gave up with it.Seems like it's starting now.

I saw some of the live show on Eurosport GB; they said the delays with the nightly prog is due to waiting for live events to finish on Eurosport international.

It's so common for the Dakar to have timing problems and there's no easy solution to a situation where some vehicles complete a stage before the stage is shut down. I think they went with the keep the leader in front but make sure his challengers stay in touch.

As for Eurosport.... Loving the coverage but not enjoying the faffing around that has ended up with the end of the show being cut or missing a show altogether

During yesterdays highlights to finish his interview Nasser said something along the lines of "I dont know if it is better to be the rabbit or the fox"Which Carlton followed up with "What about being the pigeon"

During yesterdays highlights to finish his interview Nasser said something along the lines of "I dont know if it is better to be the rabbit or the fox"Which Carlton followed up with "What about being the pigeon"